Tympanic membrane repair at Beckley ARH Hospital
306 Standord Road, Beckley, WV · Arh · · NPI 1568461440
$1,320.00
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$2,200.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$215.92 with The Health Plan vs $1,936.00 with Aetna PPO — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| The Health Plan | Medicaid | $215.92 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $239.70 | ↓ -82% |
| The Health Plan | Medicare | $1,277.31 | ↓ -3% |
| Anthem | Medicare Advantage | $1,277.31 | ↓ -3% |
| Highmark | ACA | $1,277.31 | ↓ -3% |
| Highmark | Indemnity and Managed Care | $1,277.31 | ↓ -3% |
| Humana | Medicare | $1,277.31 | ↓ -3% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $1,277.31 | ↓ -3% |
| Optum CCN Region 1 | Veterans Affairs Plan | $1,277.31 | ↓ -3% |
| Optum CCN Region 2 | Veterans Affairs Plan | $1,277.31 | ↓ -3% |
| WellCare of Kentucky | Medicare | $1,277.31 | ↓ -3% |
| United Healthcare PPO | Commercial | $1,738.00 | ↑ +32% |
| UMR | Commercial | $1,738.00 | ↑ +32% |
| United Healthcare HMO | Commercial | $1,738.00 | ↑ +32% |
| The Health Plan HMO | Commercial | $1,848.00 | ↑ +40% |
| Aetna POS | Commercial | $1,936.00 | ↑ +47% |
| Aetna PPO | Commercial | $1,936.00 | ↑ +47% |
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Tympanic membrane repair at other West-virginia hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| West Virginia University Hospitals | Morgantown | $4,666.50 | $87.15 – $6,327.13 |
| Reynolds Memorial Hospital | Glen Dale | $2,623.50 | $87.15 – $2,591.89 |
| Berkeley Medical Center | Martinsburg | $1,783.50 | $88.81 – $2,613.26 |
| United Hospital Center | Bridgeport | $1,783.50 | $205.80 – $2,799.14 |
| Wetzel County Hospital | New Martinsville | $1,822.00 | $91.30 – $2,775.90 |
| Camden Clark Medical Center | Parkersburg | $1,783.50 | $205.80 – $2,591.89 |
| Princeton Community Hospital | Princeton | $4,010.50 | $1,586.23 – $9,239.16 |
| Thomas Hospitals | South Charleston | $3,799.00 | $205.80 – $7,495.60 |